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By Region: Asia/Pacific

S. Korea reports additional case of foot-and-mouth disease

SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) — South Korea reported an additional case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on Wednesday, a week after the government lowered the alert level for the highly contagious disease by one notch.

WHO group finalizes landmark pandemic virus-sharing agreement

(CIDRAP News) – A World Health Organization (WHO) working group on influenza virus sharing capped off a week of negotiations with a final agreement that establishes a framework for sharing vaccine strains alongside a system for improving the flow of pandemic vaccine and medications to developing countries. The WHO said yesterday that the group, which  Read More »

Future in Doubt for International WMD Nonproliferation Center

WASHINGTON — Russia has indicated it intends to withdraw from an international organization established to halt the spread of the nation’s WMD expertise, a move that could force the program’s main hub to close before the end of this year (see GSN, June 19, 2009). The International Science and Technology Center opened in Moscow in  Read More »

BWC Review Conference Chairman Aims to Bolster Treaty Regime

WASHINGTON — The Biological Weapons Convention review conference this year should look at ways to strengthen the international prohibition against the offensive use of disease materials, according to the chairman of the upcoming meeting

Biosecurity Can Reinvigorate the US-Japan Relationship by Masamichi Minehata

Just as the nuclear revolution profoundly affected international security in the 20th century, biotechnology, and the life sciences more broadly, with their growing capacity to understand and manipulate fundamental life processes, will have a profound impact on security in the 21st century. This offers great benefits as a means of responding to societal challenges related  Read More »

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